Sunk container ship to be raised from Long Tau River A plan to raise the container ship Vietsun Integrity from the Lòng Tàu River in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District where it sank on October 19 has been approved by the HCM City Port Authorities.

National park releases rare sea turtles into sea

More than 1,530 rare baby sea turtles belonging to several species have been released into the sea in Núi Chúa National Park in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuận this year.

Wildcat sent to rescue centre The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creatures Development at Cát Tiên National Park in Đồng Nai Province has received a rare leopard cat rescued from the Gia An 115 Hospital in HCM City.

Vulnerable Vietnamese children rescued during UK cannabis raid

Police on Monday in the town of Rochdale in the north of England, raided a property and discovered more than US$1 million of cannabis plants being grown. Three children aged between 15 and 17 who had been trafficked from Việt Nam were kept in the house to look after the illegal crop.

Water checked for oils spills after ship sinks

Officials are checking a cargo ship which sank on Saturday to make sure no oil has leaked into the water.

Border guard station rescues 12 fishermen The ship’s captain tried to reach Cù Lao Chàm Island but the vessel sank some 900m from Bãi Hương coast.

Nigerian police rescue hundreds from another 'torture house' Police in northern Nigeria said on Monday they rescued over 300 young men from an Islamic boarding school where they were chained and sexually abused, the second such operation in a month.

Japan rescuers seek survivors after Typhoon Hagibis kills 35 Tens of thousands of rescue workers were searching Monday for survivors of powerful Typhoon Hagibis, two days after the storm slammed into Japan, killing at least 35 people.

Vietnamese sailor rescued after cargo ship sinks in Tokyo Bay One of the two Vietnamese sailors who were on board a Panama-flagged cargo ship which sank late on Saturday in Tokyo Bay off Japan had been rescued by the Japan Coast Guard

One dead as 'unprecedented' Typhoon Hagibis slams into Japan Powerful Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday, killing one even before making landfall and prompting authorities to issue their highest level of disaster warning over "unprecedented" downpours.